[Produced by J. Cole & Nate Jones]

As J. Cole and Nas spit the first four bars of “Nas Is Like” together it symbolizes a passing of the tourch/he is the new Nas as Nas begins, while J. Cole finished the classic line.

The saxophone melody carries the track, but the boom bap gives it a special hip hop feel, as if it is bridging eras. The message on the song is the focus, as Cole delivers one of his bravest efforts of his career as he tells the story of Nas hearing his first single, “Work Out.”